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The girl disappeared from a relative’s home in Coventry and information led police to an address in Somerset Road, Radford, where they found the teenager trying to make her escape.

They forced open the front door to the property and arrested Cairns, McInally and Sharples.

Brandon Sharples.

The police investigation showed that Cairns had taken explicit photos of the teenager and posted them on adult contact site Viva Street. Detectives found an email address linking Cairns to the Viva Street advert.

The girl’s face was not visible but one photo featured a distinctive necklace belonging to the girl which police recovered.

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And DNA discovered on a duvet in a room, where she was forced to have sex, was shown to have come from five different sources, including Cairns.

Jake McInally.

Det Con Jon Barker said: “These three men were involved with the shocking exploitation of a young girl − they took advantage of her drug dependency and made money out of forcing her to have sex with strangers.

“Cairns initially denied knowing the girl but later changed his story after he was identified during an ID procedure − and our financial enquiries showed he’d paid for the Viva Street advert via his own bank account.